Cam’s Top 5 – Reasons to go Windows Phone

Cam has reached the final week in his roundup of each platform’s major plus-points. This week it’s Windows Phone’s turn, and it has some great features and advantages.

Not only does Windows Phone offer important, relevant and contextual information through its use of Live Tiles, it’s latest update also includes one of the most impressive digital assistants on the market, in Cortana.

Love my windows phone. converted from android and don't regret it at all. the only thing I'd like is if microsoft put the money into getting some of the exclusivity away from iphone. There are games and apps I know my phone can run but I can't get because it only on Iphone or android.﻿

But iPhone and Android has apps that helps people get laid…Windows Phone only has 6Tin (A third party substitute for Tinder). You can talk about everything else, but you can't ignore what smartphones are actually used for these days. Not to mention that popular apps like FaceBook, Instagram, and KakaoTalk are far superior on iPhone and Android. No banking apps in WP either, and it was a huge blow to users when Bank of America and Chase pulled their apps from the Windows Store.

I loved my Lumia 925 for the great piece of hardware that it was, and think Windows Phone has the potential to build a great platform…But while Microsoft is making significant improvements to its user experience, so are its competitors. It's hard to overlook WP's huge shortcomings when you acknowledge what iPhone/Android are capable of. The novelty of having something different, quick and minimalist wears off when you see how far WP falls behind market demands, which iPhone and Android are currently fulfilling.﻿